Pekiny, Sept. 29.
Official telegrams report that MI Jcfle is seriously ill with typhoid. Dr Krieg left for Changchun from Peking to-day.
M. Terzian, who is on his wey the East from Moscow, is due to arrive at Changchun shortly.
It is expected that Russia wi! instruct M. Terzian to negotiate with China as 4 conference has been agreed on 'n principle though ne date has been fixed.
Meanwhile there ie a good dear of public dissatisfaction regarding the proposed Russo-Chiness _conference, particularly in view of the great increase of Folshevik prepaganda and circulation of Bolshevik literature since M. Joffe aad the delegation reached China. Therd is Yeason to believe that the abortive postal strike was due to Bolshevik converts and 'Red' literature ly Known to have reached the soldiery and police at Peking.—Reuter.
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